Video Game Rental Review: GameFly

25 comments so far (is that a lot?)
Vital Statistics
Service: Unlimited Video Game Rentals
Rating:
Cost: $8.95 per month for first month/ $15.95 per month afterwards
Shipping Cost: Free
Late Fees: No
Special Offer: Try GameFly for Free

      
What is GameFly?
GameFly provides unlimited video game rentals through a mail-in service. Basically you go to their website choose which video game you want and they mail the game to you. When you are done with the game you send it back in a pre-paid postage envelope they provide. I personally love free shipping on the internet so it was a major bonus that I didn’t have to pay for a game to be shipped to me or for it to be shipped back.

Quality, Selection & Service
GameFly has a huge selection of over 6,000 titles. This pretty much makes them the “Blockbuster of Video Games”. They also have pretty fast delivery times so I wasn’t waiting too long to receive a game, though I live in a downtown area so the mail maybe faster here. I also didn’t have any trouble getting any game I wanted, though I have heard that some people have had to wait to get newer games. A good idea is to book as many games as you can well in advance so you are never waiting for games and are getting your money’s worth.

Price
On average I would say I rented 5 to 6 games a month which if I rented from an actual store would cost almost $40 bucks a month. Game Fly charged me a flat fee of only $8.95 per month for the first month and then charged me $15.95 for each month after. I was kinda pissed about the price increase after a month, but it is still pretty cheap for renting 5 to 6 games in a month. From my math it works out to about $2.50 to $3.50 per game. Compare this to renting a game from the store where it would cost $6 to $7 bucks. This alone saved me 50% in video game rental costs!

Game Consoles Covered
Gamefly has games for every major console currently on the market including: Playstation 3 (PS3), Playstation 2 (PS2), Playstation Portable (PSP), XBox 360, Nintendo Wii, Game Cube, Nintendo DS and Game Boy Advance.

Cancelling GameFly
I haven’t canceled them yet, so I can’t vouch for how they are with cancellations. But from their site they say, you can cancel at anytime and their will be no cancellation fees of any sort.

Should You Get GameFly?
If you are renting and buying games on a regular basis and you get sick of games easily, you should definitely try this out because the cost savings and gaming experience are obviously there. The average game cost between $40 and $70 to buy and after you finish it, you probably won’t play it again. By paying $8.95 for the first month and then $15.95 for each month after, in a year you pay $184.40 for unlimited video game rentals -this would be the cost to buy about 3 or 4 games. In my books this is a good deal.

Currently GameFly is offering us a free trial which I highly recommend you try as it will give you an idea of how it works. For more details on GameFly and to try out this special offer see below.

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25 Responses to “Video Game Rental Review: GameFly”

  1. familyman89 Says:
    December 2nd, 2008 at 3:41 pm

    I’ve been using GF for years for my kids, I don’t have to buy them video games anymore and they are always busy playing and out of my hair lol.

  2. GamerBoy Says:
    February 12th, 2009 at 3:39 pm

    Yeah I admit this is pretty cool since I get over game’s pretty fast.

  3. JohnB Says:
    April 15th, 2009 at 3:38 pm

    Hey good review. I’ve been using gamefly for the last three months and it is pretty sweet!

  4. Jim Slim Says:
    June 6th, 2009 at 2:06 am

    Great review. I think this is an amazing price!! Thank you.

  5. foshow38 Says:
    June 11th, 2009 at 5:34 pm

    The bad thing about gamefly is the good games are not always available. New games are dam near impossible to get. Actually even games that came out months ago. But the good thing is you get to play games that you’ll would never buy. Also with the games you would’ve brought that sucked.

  6. Sammy Says:
    October 23rd, 2009 at 9:24 pm

    I have no trouble getting games, just make sure you book them in advance. Supply and demand!

  7. Dirk Says:
    November 7th, 2009 at 1:09 am

    gamefly is pretty sick!

  8. Frustrateduser Says:
    November 20th, 2009 at 7:45 am

    I mistakenly sent one of my personal games back instead of the one I rented from GameFly. WOW, terrible service getting my game back! I still have not received it and it has been over a month. Buyer beware.

  9. FlySwatter Says:
    November 20th, 2009 at 4:05 pm

    Gamefly really messed up on my stuff, I signed up for them and they did not give me a $6.95 per month for first three months, though this may be an old review and it’s changed, I don’t know.

    The part the frustrates me the most about this place is they ID you by your address, so if you have moved and the person who was in your new home before has a bad account they will deny your account and assume you owe the money they other person did (which happened to me)

    I corrected this problem easy enough and they reactivated my account, then decided to charge me an additional $9.36 and then $16.95 on top of that all in 3 days. So I was charged over $30 for signing up with this place.

    I figured this was an easy fix since they seemed to respond so quickly, nope, one mention of wanting my account closed or getting that money back that they overcharged they would not respond, I submitted a ticket in the contact us area, still no reply.

    I found their phone number (which is painfully difficult here it is in case you ever need it (888) 986-6400.)

    However, they are only taking calls with no voicemail between the hours of 9am to 1 pm pacific time.

    It has been a very painful experience for me with gamefly, I don’t know how a company messed up this bad.

  10. Thomas P. Says:
    November 20th, 2009 at 5:09 pm

    Frustrateduser

    I think that’s more your fault, who sends there own personal game back? How they supposed to believe you.

    I could tell them I sent them my assassin’s creed 3 by accident, can you please send it back.

    LOL

  11. Illa Says:
    November 22nd, 2009 at 10:40 am

    I’ve had no problems with gamefly. They rock!

  12. Dan Turner Says:
    December 14th, 2009 at 9:09 am

    GF does substantially reduce the costs of renting games. What more could you ask for in these dreary economic times.

  13. cwbadass Says:
    January 9th, 2010 at 8:10 am

    I have been wanting to sign up for years. Great review. I am going to sign up now.

  14. scott Says:
    January 11th, 2010 at 10:00 am

    Gamefly, lol, don’t cancel with them is all i can say, if you don’t immediatly return the game, they send it to collections, and permanently ban you from they’re service, i’m talking a week time period here. A little insane i think.

  15. Reaver Says:
    January 18th, 2010 at 11:10 am

    I was a member of gamefly and canceled. The problem was that i could never get the new released games ever. I would put them in my que months ahead of time and even went as far as too remove all other games from my que. But instaed of sending me the game they would just send me nothing at all, even though their site said the games had a couple of days wait it would takes weeks if at all. I finally canceled when i waited a month and a half for the game i wanted. So if you are into new releases and like to have them asap i would go another way.

  16. DB Says:
    January 25th, 2010 at 11:33 am

    I am unsure what is going on with GameFly as of late, however the quality of service has deteriorated.

    It seems damn near impossible to receive ANY game lately. I’ve have over 50 games on my list and “no” most are not new or even popular releases. Most are older games which I placed on the list just so that I can get any game.

    To make matters worse, I LIVE IN AUSTIN TX, which is a distribution center.

    At this point the company is becoming problematic as it is surely illegal to charge a monthly fee yet fail to send the customer ANY thing.

    Moreover, there are times where they will tell me I have two games coming and within a few hours when I check back NO games are coming. From two to none, what is the issue here?

    I’m simply not willing to pay for a service that is hit or miss, and that is what GF has become. I am likely not the only customer encountering this issue and it is likely that GF will face major issues if they keep this up. I am forced to cancel my subscription.

  17. Rell Says:
    February 3rd, 2010 at 11:08 am

    That’s strange, I live in Texas as well and receive all my games on time. I did hear reports of a postman stealing games but they arrested him.

  18. BrettR Says:
    February 8th, 2010 at 11:01 am

    Nice review!

  19. Clark Says:
    March 19th, 2010 at 10:15 am

    i also live in texas and get everything received on time.

  20. Kent K. Says:
    March 31st, 2010 at 2:01 pm

    I’ve been a gamefly user for almost 2 years. They treat their new customers better than their existing ones. Sometimes it takes 4-5 days for them to receive a game, and another 4-5 to send me a game. Thats almost 2 weeks, 1/4 the month time i’m waiting on a game. And unless you time your return, theres nearly no chance in getting a new release. it’s extremely frustrating when the game at the top of your list is at High availability, yet they send u a game at the bottom of your list. ranking your list has NO effect on what games they will send you.

    I wouldn’t put them on the pedestal these other guys do, it’s a good service when they give you service. But don’t think your gonna get what you want when you want it.

  21. Artie P Says:
    April 8th, 2010 at 9:46 am

    I’ve been with gf since they started and they have only improved their service throughout the years. Kudos to Game Fly!

  22. EazyE321 Says:
    April 27th, 2010 at 5:40 pm

    GF is the best i’ve been with them for the past 5 months, and i shipped a game back and the postal service lost it, and GF never once charged me any extra and once the Postal service said they lost it, GF shipped me another game out, Very good service, i would tell anyone to get GF if you play alot of games.

  23. Poodawooda Says:
    May 9th, 2010 at 9:01 am

    GF is the best. I wish I known about them before I purchase my DS Games only to discover they were either boring or to complicated. Now I can rent them from GF (keep it as long as I wish) and if I end up hating it I just saved myself for purchasing the game and most likely in stores would cost me $30-40 dollars. This company is no rip off. I’ve been dealing with them for more than a year and had no problems.

  24. ArcticwolfF Says:
    May 19th, 2010 at 7:56 am

    I love GF! I’ve been a member for almost 6 years and haven’t had any trouble. I had to cancel my membership once when I moved from WA to CO and wasn’t sure if I could afford it. Not only do they try everything from lowering your monthly bill twice to keep you on as a member, they also take down your feedback from your entire experience as a customer. The best thing about GF is that if you decide you just can’t part with the game you have rented, you can opt to keep it for a fraction of the cost. I have never recieved any flawed discs from them…ever. They all look brand new and when you choose to keep it, they even mail you the case with the instruction manual. You get rewards along the way as well, like $5 every 3 months and 5-10% off games after 6 months. I’ve never had problems recieving new releases either. Whats not to love??

  25. Al B. Says:
    July 26th, 2010 at 9:39 am

    Well i live in Atlanta and it takes 2-4 days for my game to be returned and another 2-4 days for the next game to arrive. I returned my last game on July 19 and i still haven’t gotten the next game and it’s now July 26 and i received the email stating my game shipped on the 22nd. The shipping times are horrible. If it were more like Netflix(i ship a dvd on Monday and get a new dvd on Wednesday) then i would have no complaints but it’s been a week that i’m paying them for nothing. If it keeps going like this my next month will be my last month. Beware if you live far from a shipping center.

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